Harry Shearer’s 10 best moments on the Simpsons (video)

News broke today that Harry Shearer, one of the voice actors on the Simpsons, has left the show. Here is some of his most memorable work.

The voice of characters as utterly brilliant as Otto the bus driver, Mr Burns, Waylon Smithers, Principal Skinner, Rainere Wolfcastle and Ned Flanders, Shearer’s voice is perhaps more recognisable to people of about four generations than any other.

I remember Sunday nights when I was a kid as the greatest of the week, knowing a new The Simpsons episode would air on Sky One.

There was that year the summer holidays broke up the biggest cliffhanger in history, separating the two parts of Who Shot Mr Burns.

Of course, the show isn’t still punching at the same weight as it once was, but then again when you set the bar as high as the moon, you tend to fall short thereafter.

Anyway, here are some of Harry Shearer’s characters at their absolute best.